Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Benjamin N Truelove

Sean O Lyndersay

Jane T Kim

Michael A LaJoie

Adrienne E O'Donnell

Robert Kenneth Stein, Iii

Michael Jay Gilmore

Miladin Pavlicic

Tjeerd Hoek

Lindsey R Barcheck

Mike Pell

Warren G Stevens

Jonathan M Class

Mark R Ligameri

Greg S Melander

Jenny T Lam

Paul Alexander Gusmorino, Iii

Patrice Lynn Miner

Robert Ward Massa

Bryan Pieratt

Martijn Eldert Van Tilburg

Aaron Wesley Cunningham

Tariq Sharif

Marieke Iwema Watson

Carlos G Perez

Luciana Bordallo Misura

Scott E Dart

Michael Curato

Filip Chelarescu

Meir Elie Abergel

Shawna Swanson

Christopher D Williams

Talos Shu-Ming Tsui

Sebastien Zimmermann

Michael Anthony Martinez

Christina Szi-Gia Chen

Wai On Lee

Amy Adams Placzkiewicz

Eric A Vera

Sharon Cohen

Jonathan A Gass

Jordi Mola

Francislav Petrov Penov

Jae Pum Park

Victor Poznanski

Benjamin Salim Srour

Wissam S Kazan

John Lincoln DeMaris

Walter V Von Koch

Vasudha Chandrasekaran

Douglas Alan Ricard

Walter VonKoch

David Zearing

Parthipan Thayanithy

Amanda Font

Matthew Tyler Josiah Rasmussen

Varun Ramesh Mani

Francisco Alvarez Cavazos

Mona Akmal

Shazaan Bahrainwala

David Michael Woods

Samuel DeKoven Grossberg

Christine Stawitz

Guillermo Ortiz Peña

Judson Craig Hally

Jeremy S Knudsen

Steven James Bailey

John David Rodrigues

Chunkit Jacky Chan

David R Parlin

Alexander Sabo Brodie

Martin J Hall

Jose Araujo Barreto

Oded Yehuda Shekel

Brian Thomas Albrecht

Naresh Kannan

Aditi Mandal

Sara Liu Yang

Shabbir A Shahpurwala

Joerg Christof Zender

MerryJane M Fosdick

William Mountain Lewis

Zi Gu

Andrew James Koltz

Douglas C Kramer

Swagat Dasgupta

Antonia C Blume

Elena Alina Angelescu

Melissa Torres Acosta

Joseph Jacob Zukowski

Douglas A Picard

Haohui Yin

Meir E Abergel

Joerg C Zender

Merryjane M Fosdick

A computer implemented method includes receiving a selection of a cartographic search boundary via a user display interface map, obtaining cartographic candidate boundaries corresponding to stored information files, comparing the cartographic search boundary to the cartographic candidate boundaries, selecting stored information files with cartographic candidate boundaries matching the cartographic search boundary, and displaying representations of selected stored information files.

Geographic filter for documents

A cloud storage server accesses a plurality of server-stored files of a cloud storage account of a client device. The cloud storage server determines that one or more server-stored files from the plurality of server-stored files are affected by a malware activity. The cloud storage server generates a graphical user interface that includes a detection notification and a confirmation request, the detection notification indicating a detected presence of malware in the one or more server-stored files and metadata corresponding to the one or more server-stored files, the confirmation request indicating a request for the client device to confirm the detected presence of malware in the one or more server-stored files. A confirmation response is received from the client device. The confirmation response identifies at least one of the one or more server-stored files and confirming the presence of malware activity in the identified server-stored files.

User verification of malware impacted files

A cloud storage server accesses a plurality of server-stored files of a cloud storage account of a client device and determines that one or more compromised server-stored files from the plurality of server-stored files are affected by a malware activity. The cloud storage server determines a plurality of recovery options based on an identification of the one or more compromised server-stored files and the time at which changes to the one or more compromised server-stored files became affected by the malware activity. The plurality of recovery options comprises a suggested restore point identifying a restore time to which changes to the one or more compromised server-stored files are reverted. The cloud storage server transmits a recovery notification that indicates the plurality of recovery options to the client device.

Selection of restore point based on detection of malware attack

Techniques directed to applying metadata to content items are described herein. The techniques may include displaying a graphical element associated with a metadata attribute(s) and displaying a visual representation for a content item(s). The graphical element may be associated with a group of content items that have a common metadata attribute. In some instances, the graphical element may be dragged and dropped onto the visual representation to associate the content item(s) with the metadata attribute(s). In other instances, the visual representation may be dragged and dropped on the graphical element to associate the content item(s) with the metadata attribute(s).

Using drag and drop to apply metadata

A cloud storage server receives a request from a client device to store a file. The cloud storage server stores the file in a storage device of the cloud storage server. The cloud storage server determines features of the server-stored file and detects ransomware activity based on the features of the server-stored file. The cloud storage server sends a notification of the ransomware activity to the client device. The client device confirms the presence or an absence of the ransomware activity in the server-stored file. The cloud storage server updates an operation of the detection of the ransomware activity based on the received ransomware confirmation.

Service identification of ransomware impacted files

Within a social network, a user may establish a set of contacts who share with the user various content items and comments related thereto. However, these content items are often hosted by a content source outside of the social network, and the user may have to transition to the content source to view the content item, and then transition back to the social network to submit a comment. Instead, a device may monitor the social network to record shared content items. When the user requests a presentation of the content source, the content items hosted by the content source that have been shared with the user may be included in the presentation. The presentation of the content source may also accept comments from the user regarding a content item, and send the comments to the social network where the content item was shared with the user.

Presenting content items shared within social networks

A histogram slider application accesses, from a data storage of a machine, file activities performed on the machine as a function of time. The histogram slider application determines points in time at which a level of file activities exceeds an activity level threshold that is based on historical levels of file activities on the machine. The histogram slider application generates a graphical user interface comprising a histogram indicative of the file activities over time and the determined points in time, a slider configured to move along a timeline that is parallel to the histogram, and a list of file activities corresponding to a first position of the slider on the timeline, the first position indicating a first time on the histogram.

Histogram slider for quick navigation of a time-based list

Techniques are described herein that are capable of using relevant objects to add content to a collaborative repository. The relevant objects are selected from URI-addressable objects based on each relevant object satisfying one or more relevance criteria. The relevant objects are recommended via a user interface. A determination is made that a specified relevant object is selected from the relevant objects. In one example, the content may be added to (e.g., created in) the collaborative repository based on the specified relevant object. In another example, the specified relevant object may be used to represent a new object type in a new content menu. For instance, the new object type may be selectable to cause an object of the new object type to be created in the collaborative repository.

Using relevant objects to add content to a collaborative repository

Metered network synchronization techniques are described. A current network connection of a computing device is checked as to whether the current network connection has been identified as a metered network. Access by a synchronization engine of the computing device to communicate via the current network connection to synchronize data of the computing device with another computing device is managed based at least in part on a setting associated with the metered network.

Metered network synchronization

A user of a device has an account with a service that stores copies of common data that is automatically made available to any of the user's devices and also stores copies of device-specific data that is available to the user on particular user-selected devices but is not automatically made available to all of the user's devices. A set of backed up devices can be displayed to the user of a particular device with various information describing the devices to facilitate user selection of a device, such as a visual representation of the type of the device that was backed up, a visual representation of a desktop or start screen display of the device that was backed up, and so forth. The user can select one of the displayed devices, and in response have the backed up device-specific data for the selected device copied to the particular device.

Service-based backup data restoring to devices

Display screen with animated graphical user interface

Display screen with graphical user interface

An application provides a search box that is configured to enable a user to enter searchable text. The application provides a quick pick search provider menu that is configured to include different sections that provide suggestions as text is entered into the search box. At least some of the suggestions are locally maintained, and at least some other of the suggestions are received from one or more remote search providers. In some embodiments, the application can comprise a web browser.

Switching search providers within an application search box

Techniques for operation chart rescaling are described. In at least some embodiments, an operations chart is provided that tracks various parameters for an operation. The operations chart can include visual indicia of operation parameters, such as an operation value indicator that indicates a current operation value. A progress indicator can also be included that provides a visual indication of operation progress. In response to a change in an operation value for the operations chart (e.g., a change in data rate), the operations chart can be rescaled to visually reflect the change in operation value. In at least some implementations, techniques are employed to smooth visual movement of chart elements during a rescaling operation.

Operation chart rescaling

Various embodiments utilize structured data contained within a resource, such as a web page, to enable a user to define collections of data. Individual constituent parts of a collection or 'links' are collected within a collection. In one or more embodiments, a full page viewing experience can be provided which enables users to not only view more details for a given link, but to view multiple different links at a time. Other viewing options and collection interactions are provided.

Using structured data for online research

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Benjamin N Truelove